William harrison sutton



NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

IVILLIAM HARRISON SUTTON, OF VESTY PLAINS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO ROBERT G. GREEN, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILROAD-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N' o. 451,164, dated April28, 1891.

i Application led November Z8, 1890. Serial No. 372,881. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARRISON SUTTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Test Plains, inthe county of I-Iowell and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and'useful Railroad-Joint, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in railroad-joints.

The object of the present invention is to simplify andimprove theconstruction of railroad-joints and dispense with the employment of theordinary construction of fish-,plates and bolts and nuts, and obviatethe necessity of employing nut-locks.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a rail-jointconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied inoperative position. Fig.- 2 is a similar view of the joint detached, thesliding plate being removed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring` to the accompanying drawings, l designates a railway-joint orfastening device adapted to connect and secure the adjacent ends ofrails 2, and consisting of a body or rail section 3, conforming to theconfiguration of the adjacent rails 2, and adapted to fit between therails 2 and form a continuation of the same, and a plate 4, formedintegral wit-l1 the body or rail section and arranged at one side of thesection, and a sliding plate 5, adapted to engage the opposite side ofthe body or rail section 3, and the said plates 4 and 5 extend beyondthe body or rail section 3 and secure the ends of the rails 2 thereto.

The body or rail section 3 is composed of a tread,'a web, and bottomflanges similar to the ordinary construction of rail, and theface of thetread is slightly curved to facilitate the passage of the wheels of atrain from the rails .ing of the rails.

' The lower face of the tread and the upper face of the opposite bottomflange are provided with grooves 8, which form a way for the slidingplate 5, and after the parts have been assembled the sliding plate isinserted in the way formed by the grooves 8, and it projects beyond thebody or section 3 and engages the webs of the'adjacent rails.

` The rail-joint is secu red to a tie by spikes, which engage suitablerecesses 9 in the outer edges of the bottom flanges.

From the foregoing description the construction, operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood by those skilledin the art.

A rail-joint comprising the body or rail section3, provided at one sidewith the grooves 8, arranged in the web and bottom flange and forming away, the integraljplate arranged at the opposite side of the body orsection 3 and extending beyond the same and provided withinwardly-extending studs adapted to engage adjacent rails, and thesliding plate arranged in said way and projectingbeyond the body orsection, substantially as described.

In testimony that II claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HARRISON SUTTON.

lVitnesses:

GREEN FIELDS,

. JAMES W. PRATT.

